Wonder #ChooseKind T-shirt design

Hi and welcome back to the best blog of all blogs. This year our moto is #ChooseKind from the movie Wonder. At the start of the year the whole school go to watch Wonder. If you haven't seen that movie you have to watch it. Honestly it is a great movie. Any way we got to design T-shirts to give to the students. But you can't just randomly get them. You have to earn them. If you get spotted by the teacher for doing something kind you get a piece of paper that has your name on it and you put it in a jar and at assembly if your name gets pulled out of the jar you get a T-shirt. This is the T-shirt that I designed.

Has your school ever done something like this? Tell me about it in the comments. And tell me if you like my T-shirt design. See ya. 

Stan Lee Biography

Hi again and welcome back to my blog the best blog ever! Over a while the Kaupeka (Year 7/8) hub has been writing biography's. I did mine on none other than Stan Lee the creator of Marvel. Well at least that's what you think. Have a read through it. Stan Lee Biography I then had to write a rubric about it. Which was basically just asking if you used the correct punctuation.
Have you done an interesting biography? If you have send me a link if you want but please tell me what you think. Goodbye.

Monday Technology!

Hi again and welcome back. Each Monday all the year seven and eights have the privilege to go to a school that teach's us technology. You may think 'Oh I want to go to a school that is filled with computers' but it is actually a place were you get to make stuff. Me and my friend William are in the wood work group making a Papa hau which is Maori for treasure box.

The box will end up looking something like this but without the Paua shell lid.
If your school does technology what have you made? Tell me in the comments. See ya.

Swimming lessons!

Hi again. In week 5 and week 6 the whole school goes to swimming lessons but this year we are going to the the new QE2.

This year since I am year seven we get to have the year 1 and 2 as our buddies. I have one called Josh and my friend William has one called Mica, which is handy because those two are friends, so normally I get to sit with William on the bus. I am in the second highest group which is good because I'm not in the lowest and the highest because the highest is the hardest. If your school does swimming lessons, have you gone there yet? And also have you been to QE2? I get to go every Tuesday. Thank you and see ya next time.

Swimming Sports

Hi again. In week four every one from the senior part of the school had to go to swimming sports. I wasn't feeling good cause I had a cold so I didn't swim, but I did get to watch the others swim. And I did have a job for a bit but it was only for the first swimmers. I had to hand out swimming boards to any one that needed it. If your school does swimming sports tell me about it in the comments. See ya.

Welcome to 2019!

Welcome to 2019


Hello again and Welcome to 2019! This year I am a year seven and have a lot more responsibility. We have started our workshops and every thing and it is a lot different to last year as a year six. Lots of things are different. I also made two new friends called Max and William. Lots of this stuff I have never heard of before. And it is very challenging. We had swimming sports on the 15th but that is for another post. Over Christmas me and my family went down to Twizel for one week. I saw my other best friend William cause he had gone to stay as well. He came over one night and we slept in the tent for a bit until we went inside. We didn't fall asleep for a long time cause we had a packet of snakes lollies and salt and vinegar chips. And that is all I did. Where did you go for the holidays? Bye

The exciting PBL for Term 4 creating a marketable product for Market Day

PBL in Term 4

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was; How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?

First we learned what STEAM stood for.
S for Science,
T for Technology,
E for Engineering,
A for the Arts,
M for Maths.
Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks.
Then; make a table that was able to balance MnMs for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because my team worked a lot better and the table was a lot easier to build. And it was book character day.

In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share. He is the link to my science write up.

Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.
How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.

My team made Mini Rockets. We made and sold 25. There was a box of heroes chocolates to win.

Reflection  My highlight from this PBL was creating and selling our rockets. Here is a picture of our stand.  

Next time I would make a lot more cause ours were very popular because of our chocolates that the people could win if they bought our product.
Thank you for reading.